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This latest spiral-bound edition of The Big6 Workshop Handbook contains information that is current and essential to understanding and implementing this premier information literacy model.

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Contributors from early childhood studies, brain research, educational psychology, and movement and physical education highlight the importance of education through play or play for its own sake, arguing that it is as important to development as nutrition, health, shelter, and education. They discus

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Written with a focus on the English Language Arts Common Core Standards, this book provides a complete plan for developing a literacy program that focuses on boys pre-K through grade 12.

Despite the fact that reading and literacy among boys has been an area of concern for years, this issue remains unresolved today.

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The Earth Beneath Our Feet, an Earth science unit for high-ability third and fourth graders, builds on the excitement that students have by engaging them in hands-on scientific investigations about rocks.

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A must-read for elementary school librarians interested in starting a makerspace at their school, but who are concerned about the cost and are looking for curriculum links for getting started.

Makerspaces are a powerful way to expand a school library's influence as an educational partner in the school community.

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The chapters in this volume recognize that different contexts, sites, and institutional goals will raise different sets of questions and judgements about what constitutes ethical writing instruction, ethical response to written texts, and ethical evaluation of a writers process and products.

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Librarians and teachers will find this guide invaluable for introducing young readers to various typical family situations through contemporary and classic literature.

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With lesson plans, advice on planning educational trips, homework suggestions and tips for assessment and marking; this guide provides teachers with practical advice on various aspects of teaching history in secondary schools. It is split into separate sections for teaching ages 11-14 and pupils aged 14-16.

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Students can explore a variety of subjects with these cross-curricular Internet activities. Designed for educators and students, this guide to telecommunications and the Internet demystifies the technology and provides relevant, feasible, and easy-to-implement ideas and activities for the classroom.

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Instill a love of books and reading in children even before they have entirely mastered reading skills. detailed instructions for planning and conducting the meetings, book summaries, lists of discussion questions, reproducible activity sheets, even snack suggestions.

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This title combines solid research, humour and real life examples into 21 informative and and entertaining essays about people who experience the world with mulitple languages.

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After describing the concept behind persona-based enrichment, the authors describe how to use it with the curriculum, and include five complete literature-based enrichment units with performance recommendations, a list of personas, and a variety of library/classroom activities and projects.

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Written by Quakers, Amish, Luddites, and others who have eschewed modern technology and mass society, a collection of thought-provoking essays from "Plain" magazine treats such topics as home schooling, midwifery, and community gardens.

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The Poor Relation examines the place of the social sciences - from economics and psychology to history, law and philosophy - in the teaching and research conducted by Australian universities. It also relates the arrangements made to support them and explains why they are so persistently treated as the poor relation of science and technology.

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The Reel Classroom: An Introduction to Film Studies and Filmmaking presents an educator-facilitated curriculum that focuses on a variety of aspects concerning the appreciation of film and the filmmaking process. With a goal to turn "movie day" into a teaching and learning opportunityrather than a virtual day off for studentsthis book will

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This book proposes an approach to values education centered on an analysis of the relationship between thinking and valuing and focused on strategies for nurturing the capacity for sustained, disciplined, and informed reflection on the issues of moral decision and religious belief.

Robert T.